Badfic, Bad Sleep, Bad Children

[misscam]

It's kinda depressing to read a whole fanfic of 20000+ words with 'Gil Grissolm' and 'Warwich Brown'. (We're not just talking one typo here - whole fic's full of them) Who the heck doesn't check spelling of the main characters they write about? The OOCness, horrid grammar and your/you're mistakes kinda pale in comparison.

Spent yesterday with the parents, who are having a wine cellar made - real fancy one, too. Sadly, the combination of me being up late thus wanting to sleep in a bit and workers coming early to carve out a window in a brick wall is not a match made in heaven. Drrrr. Long pause, Cam trying to get asleep aagin. Drrr. Drrr. Drr. Cam decided to get up. Silence. Cam dares to try to sleep again. Drrr. Drrr. Not the best sleep I've had, no.

This wank and these announced changes at Skyehawke have had me hmmhmming. Apparently, it's Australian law that's at issue here.

Australian law, under which skyehawke operates, defines child pornography as
"a film, photograph, publication or computer game that describes or depicts a person who is, or who looks like, a minor under 16 engaging in sexual activity or depicted in an indecent manner or context" (Crimes Act, 67A) This is further clarified in Victorian state law as "under this law, 'publications' also include stories, poems, essays, drawings and cartoons".

It tied in interestingly with a discussion I had with maureenlycaon the other day about fanfic portraying very young characters having sex and pedophilia. Now me - I feel iffy about it. I'm not saying people who enjoy it are pedophiles, but reading about very young people getting it on always makes me feel like I took a left turn into a pedophile's mind. I just don't care for it. It squicks me. (We're not talking teenagers here either - we're talking below that.) But should it be illegal, as it seems to be under Australian law?

I admit to feeling slightly mixed over that. It is as such not hurting anyone living, like pedophilic real porn is. But on the other hand, it does portray what is still children as being sexual beings, which I've heard pedophiles yak on about enough times to make me sick. Children are not sexual beings. They have hormones, yes, they're devolping sexual feelings to a certain degree. But their minds and their bodies aren't yet prepared for just what sex means. That's what teenagedom is all about - that journey to adulthood and yes, the sexual urges of adults. But you need that journey to get there. And seeing children portrayed as sexual beings before that journey, that icks me. I know it's fiction. But fiction puts ideas in our mind, colours our perceptions. But is this cencorship? Is it taking it too far? Is this after all harmless fantasies? Where do you draw the line? I don't know. I wish I had a clear answer, but all I can feel is muddy waters in my mind.

(My favourite line of maureenlycaon's during that convo - she on me ever getting really wanky: "You? Fuck that. You're depressingly free from wank. You're positively wank-repellent."

Aaaw. I feel all complimented. Though if I keep raising controversial issues in my LJ, that may change soon enough.)

A taste of Norway today:
New Royal heir on the way - ironically, the Danish Crown Prince and Princess reported they're also having a baby on the very same day. Must be something in the Royal air.
Spring pictures from Norway!

Comments

[me2you.livejournal.com]

Firm but fair, my friend, firm but fair.

Yep, Hels from YTDAW. I read some of your entries and, omg, you sound intelligent. Let's face it, that's rare on LJ ;) Hell, I just spelt my own name incorrectly, which I think just proves my point.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks! :) I think that's the compliment of the day. Really though, I think different people use LJ for different things and well, I'm 25, so I've had some years to mature my brain from its squee-ing days.

And my, you used to watch Sunset Beach - do did I, in fact.